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New York: A United Nations human rights expert today commended Turkish authorities for placing the protection and promotion of human rights high on their agenda, while calling for further steps to guarantee an independent and impartial judicial system.

New York: Some 100,000 people in Mexico and Central America are facing flooding as Hurricane Jova and a tropical depression unleash torrential rains over the region, the United Nations reported today as it activated emergency and assessment teams in Nicaragua and El Salvador.

New York: Some 120,000 refugees who fled ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC) two years ago to seek shelter in the neighbouring Republic of Congo, will go without food as of next month if no new funding is found, the United Nations warned today.

New York: A Cambodian draft law making registration of associations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) mandatory and banning unregistered groups, risks breaching an international treaty, a United Nations rights expert warned today, calling on the Government to review it.

Denmark’s recovery from the global recession has been hesitant, and, given deteriorating international conditions, the outlook going into 2012 is weak at best. In addition, relative to GDP, both private consumption and business investment remain well below historical norms.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the international community to give rural women the same access to productive resources as men, noting the huge benefits that would ensue, from increased food production to a drop of 150 million in the number of the world’s hungry people.

New York: The United Nations today reminded people across the world that simply washing hands with soap and water remains the most cost-effective way to prevent diseases, and urged everyone to motivate others, especially children who are easily infected by disease-carrying germs present in dirty hands, to make it a habit.

New York: The United Nations human rights chief today urged the international community to act immediately to protect lives in Syria, where the number of people killed since the violence started in March has now exceeded 3,000, including over 180 children.

New Delhi: India has offered to extend a new concessional facility of $ 500 million Line of Credit to Myanmar for specific projects, including irrigation, each of which will be duly processed and approved in accordance with the modalities applicable for least developed countries (LDCs) for such lines of credit.

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, for all her limitations, is a fast learner.